Reader Letters | McConnell, religion bill, Iran, marriage equality

Stick with Mitch

I was not surprised to see Ashley Judd drop out as a potential contender against Sen. Mitch McConnell. The Democratic Party must be hard up looking for candidates to run against Mitch; Judd did not even live in Kentucky.

Now the Dems seem to be stuck with Alison Lundergan Grimes, who thanked many of her biggest supporters for her bid as Kentucky's secretary of state by sending them thank-you notes on state stationery (a no no), apparently at taxpayer expense, indicating that her first act as secretary of state was to get them all Kentucky Colonel's memberships as thanks for supporting her financially.

Grimes will need much more money to make her inexperience appear remotely palatable to Kentucky voters; maybe next time she will make her contributors Kentucky Admirals (and play by the rules by using her personal stationary instead of state stationary).

As for me, I shall stick with the best senator Kentucky has ever had, Sen. Mitch McConnell.

JIM WEISE

Elizabethtown, Ky. 42701

Religious liberty? Not

It is said that no liberty, freedom nor right is secure when the Kentucky Legislature is in session. Never has that been more evident than when they overrode Governor Beshear's veto of House Bill 279, the so called freedom of religion bill.

It is ironic that the chief proponents of this bill - the Catholics and the Baptists - did indeed suffer discrimination because of their religious beliefs earlier in our history.

But now, after achieving political power, they have no problem imposing those beliefs on everyone else.

And the booboisie in Frankfort let them get away with it!

DANNY THOMAS

Louisville 40204

Nuclear Iran

America needs a geography lesson. Israel is only 50 miles wide. The demographic is about 50 percent Arab and Jew, all mixed together in a patchwork of settlements.

Does it make sense that Iran would drop an atomic bomb on Israel? If they did, they would kill as many Arabs as Jews, not to mention the after effects. We went to war 10 years ago for similar reasons.

RON KING

Elizabeth, Ind. 47117

Linebackers for fairness

Kudos to NFL player, Scott Fujita, for his thinking, feeling, healing essay on marriage equality for gays and lesbians which appeared in the New York Times on March 24.

Mr. Fujita's timely essay was published two days before the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on two historic cases that could influence the fight for marriage equality moving forward.

Equal rights for gays and lesbians is the civil rights issue of today, just as equal rights battles for women and African-Americans were fought successfully in the not-too-distant past. It is hard to believe a fair and just supreme court could rule against marriage equality. I hope the high court ruling shows that thinking, feeling, healing were key ingredients in helping the justices make their constitution-based decision.

PAUL L. WHITELEY SR.

Louisville 40207

Gay marriage and children

This week, many of your Facebook news feeds were likely flooded with red equal signs, showing support for gay marriage and equality as Prop 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act go before the U.S. Supreme Court. After reading some claims that this online movement was unimportant and would never actually be noticed by the court's justices, I wanted to share, as a child of two moms, why it's been so important to me.

It simply makes us feel more united and better about the world. Yes, supreme court justices aren't counting how many people post a picture. Gay kids also aren't counting exactly how many people say "fag," "I Support Chick-Fil-A" and "that's so gay."

But all of those words accumulate and create an environment where some of them don't even feel safe to live. I am straight and go to an extremely liberal school, but it still made me tear up to see so many people painting Facebook "red and equal."

It made me feel more accepted and understood. I can't imagine what it did for other kids in our state who are gay- not just the child of gay parents - and are surrounded by hatred every day. If this many people are ready for equality, maybe the government is, too. Maybe someday, I'll be able to be my parents' maid of honor.

KINSEY MORRISON

Goshen 40026

No more early release

Poor judgment by those responsible for the early release of Mr. Fields, Stovall and Tandy. Had these convicted felons been allowed to serve their sentences in prison, they would have been alive today...and possibly rehabilitated to some extent.

R. G. SUTTON

Louisville 40205

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Reader Letters | McConnell, religion bill, Iran, marriage equality

I was not surprised to see Ashley Judd drop out as a potential contender against Sen. Mitch McConnell. The Democratic Party must be hard up looking for candidates to run against Mitch; Judd did not